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Monster muskie

...Nick caught the muskie while fishing with his grandpa, Jim Terwilliger, in August on the Crow Wing River below the Sylvan Dam. The catch was Nick's alone, Jim said. "All I did was net it and help him carry it up the hill," Jim said...

http://brainerddispatch.com/outdoors/2012-11-16/monster-muskie
Outdoors
This was Brainerd - June 19

...A new record for wall-eyed pike in this area was believed established when Charles Ramsey, night operator of the Sylvan Dam on the Crow Wing River, caught a 10.25 pounder. He used a daredevil lure and hooked the fish behind the gills.100...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/was-brainerd/2012-06-18/was-brainerd-june-19
This Was Brainerd
Seven Swans Swimming

...this year was no different than last except with the lack of snow cover. The Gull River near the Gull Dam south to the Sylvan Dam are my hot spots. The Pillager Dam is also very good. Find the longest lens you can mount on to your camera and crawl...

http://brainerddispatch.com/blog-post/steve-kohls/2011-12-13/seven-swans-swimmin
Roach leads local anglers at PWT event

...chapter of Trout Unlimited will host a fly fishing and casting clinic on Saturday, May 20 from 1-3 p.m. at the Sylvan Dam Recreation Area on the Crow Wing River, approximately eight miles southwest of Brainerd. The program includes hands-on...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/051300/out_0513000130.shtml
Outdoors
Where's the plane crash?

...down south of Brainerd on Highway 371. A second call also spoke of a downed plane. This call mentioned a location near Sylvan Dam on south Highway 210 west of Pillager. Hampered by the dense tree canopy, rescue workers looked for signs of a plane...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/061101/new_0611010016.shtml
News
Find quiet time on the Gull River

...Highway 210, Fisherman's Bridge on Camp Jim Road and Sylvan Dam on the Crow Wing River. A full-day trip would include a portage around Sylvan Dam and a float down the lower stretch of the Crow Wing to...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/063001/out_0630010015.shtml
Outdoors
Please don't feed the ducks

...ducks fat and happy all winter. The Mississippi River from the Potlatch dam to Boom Lake, the Crow Wing River from Sylvan Dam to the state park, and the Gull River above and below the Gull Lake Dam typically stay open even in the hardest winters...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/010803/nei_0108030014.html
Neighbors
Ice jam threatens area homes

...Pillager dam on the Crow Wing River had been opened up to allow as much water to pass as possible. Sullivan said the Sylvan Dam also had been opened all the way. "They're trying to get the maximum flow right now to alleviate the problem...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/032709/new_20090327015.shtml
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Uncharted territory

...enhancing area wild rice lakes; protecting Potlatch lands in Baxter, Sylvan Township and along the Crow Wing River/Sylvan Dam; and shoreline protection on larger lakes (Whitefish). Protection of Potlatch lands appeared to be a priority...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/101709/out_20091017011.shtml
Outdoors
This was Brainerd

...the club. 60 years ago (1950) A 20-man crew worked feverishly through the night battling a leak in a dike at the Sylvan dam. Rising waters began wearing on the west side of the dike, forcing an opening 60 to 70 feet wide, endangering the...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/042110/new_20100421023.shtml
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